Left For Dead: 30 Years On - The Race is Finally Over: The 1979 Fastnet Race - One Man`s Epic Story of Survival

Second edition of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year in 2007, with a new chapter describing the author's eventual completion of the Fastnet race 30 years after his first, ill-fated attempt. Begun in perfect condition conditions, the 1979 race was soon engulfed by the deadliest storm in the history of modern sailing, leaving 15 participants dead. Abandoned for dead by his crewmates, Ward survived and now tells the compelling and so far untold story of the tragedy of the 1979 Fastnet Race.